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MEDIA RELEASE: Voyager extending free offer for Aucklanders

23 April 2010
Voyager is extending its free offer for Aucklanders until the end of May, following high uptake throughout the month of April.
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NZ Herald goes sailing aboard Ted Ashby

15 April 2010
Chris Eagles takes his two grandsons aboard Ted Ashby for a cruise around the Waitemata Harbour, and finds it a great add on to the Voyager galleries experience.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Voyager celebrating Emirates Team New Zealand's success

22 March 2010
Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum is celebrating Emirates Team New Zealand’s victory in the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta by opening its doors to Aucklanders.  For the entire month of April, all Auckland region residents can visit Voyager for free.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Voyager celebrates Festival of Sailing with offer for Aucklanders

22 February 2010
To celebrate Auckland's Festival of Sailing, Voyager invites Aucklanders to discover how it all began. Betwee 1-31 March, adult admission to the museum galleries is just $5 for Auckland region residents, with free admission for accompanying children aged 14 years and under.
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Boating NZ magazine checks out Blue Water Black Magic

19 February 2010
The Blue Water Black Magic exhibition is a fitting tribute to Sir Peter Blake and much more besides, writes Boating NZ magazine's Suzanne McFadden.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake opens to the public

11 December 2009
Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum’s stunning new exhibition, Blue Water Black Magic – A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake, will open to the public with free entry from 1pm on Saturday 12 December. The $9.5m exhibition has been created in partnership with Te Papa with the support of the Blake Family, the New Zealand Government and Auckland City Council.
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NZ Herald reviews the Edmiston Gallery of Maritime Art

24 November 2009
Voyager has reopened the Edmiston Gallery of Maritime Art followed a period of redevelopment which coincided with the Blue Water Black Magic construction.  The New Zealand Herald checked out the new-look gallery.
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The NZ Herald also published a photo essay on the back page just a few days later.
 

Sir Peter Blake commemorative stamps

21 October 2009
New Zealand Post is issuing a set of five stamps to celebrate five elements of Sir Peter Blake’s life, to coincide with the opening of Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake. The stamps will be issued on 25 November, just over two weeks prior to the 12 December opening for Blue Water Black Magic.

The Voyager shop will be selling the Presentation Packs which contain the set of five stamps, Miniature Sheet (containing all five stamps), Miniature Sheet First Day Cover and the set of stamps First Day Cover (both covers will be postmarked 25 November 2009). The presentation packs sell for $29.50 each.
See stamp preview (source: Focus / NZ Post, no.48, Oct 2009)
 

Historic Blake footage passes to Voyager

7 October 2009
The US owner of treasured footage of Sir Peter Blake's Whitbread Round-The-World campaign in Ceramco has gifted it back to New Zealand, over 20 years after he purchased it from TVNZ. The recipient, Yachting New Zealand, has generously passed it on to the Voyager.
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philip@maritimemuseum.co.nz
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